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Why Ebola is back in Guinea and why the response must be different this time

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Efforts are underway to curb the outbreak. CELLOU BINANI/AFP via Getty Images Jacqueline Weyer, National Institute for Communicable Diseases New reports of Ebola in Guinea are causing anxiety given the history of the West Africa outbreak of 2014-2016. This was the largest Ebola outbreak reported to date – 28,000 cases were recorded, including 11,000 deaths. …

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Confirmed case of Ebola Virus Disease in Uganda and implications for South Africa

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The Ugandan Ministry of Health (UMoH) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have confirmed a case of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in Uganda on 11 June 2019. Despite the ongoing outbreak in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and numerous previous alerts of suspected EVD in Uganda, this is the first confirmed case in Uganda …

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Ebola virus disease outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo

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The second largest Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak recorded to date, is being reported from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The country was affected by EVD earlier in 2018, when 54 cases of EVD with 33 deaths were reported from the Équateur Province, located towards the western border of the country. Shortly after the …

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Ebola virus disease outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo

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The second largest Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak recorded to date, is being reported from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The country was affected by EVD earlier in 2018, when 54 cases of EVD with 33 deaths were reported from the Équateur Province, located towards the western border of the country. Shortly after the …

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Ebola virus disease outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo

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The second largest Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak recorded to date, is being reported from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The country was affected by EVD earlier in 2018, when 54 cases of EVD with 33 deaths were reported from the Équateur Province, located towards the western border of the country. Shortly after the …

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